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N. 10,947. N l y PATENTED MAY z3', 1854.

T. BDMONDSGN. M GARD AND TICKET PRINTING MACHINE. I

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zum N JOSEPH EDMONDSON, OF SALFORD, AND `CALEB HAVVORTH, OF MARSDEN, NEAR BURNLEY, i ENGLAND, EXECUDORS OF THOMAS EDMONDSON, DEOEASED, LATE OF SALFORD,

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specifieation of Letters Patent No. 10,947, .dated iviay 23, 1854.`

. To all whom z'tmag/ concern l i Be it known that we, JOSEPH EpiIoNDsoN, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, England, ticket-printer, and `OALEB Hic WORTH, of Marsden, `near Burnley, in the said county, conveyancer, executorsand le` gal representatives of THOMAS EDMoNDsoN,

deceased, late of Salford, inthe county of i Lancaster, England, printer and inventor of certain improvements in the manufacture of railwayand other tickets and in `the machinery or apparatus for marking railway and" other tickets and in cases for hold ing tickets, dohereby declare the following to be a full,vclear,` and exact description of the, said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification. l l l The machinery whichforms the subject of this invention, is intended to print on each of a number of tickets, thesaine names of places of departure and arrival, or to produce on them any other impression, and to `number them consecutively. The blank tickets are placed `in a feeding tube from which they are fed, one by one, to a hori- Zontal table, over which is placed a type box containing the type, to givethe` iin.- pression which is to` be repeated on all the tickets. This type box has a vertical motion rising to allow the inking roller-to `1 pass under,"and ink the type, anddescentb ing to give the impression to the` tickets as s they are successively deposited below it.

After `receiving the impression `of the type in the box, each ticket is carried onward along the table and brought under rollers, whose peripheries are furnished `with type or otherwise prepared to represent consecu-` tive numbers all the way round; and `by means of astamper under it, is broughtin contact with the number above it, to receive an impression therefrom. The numbering `wheels receive a suitable movement after the numbering of every ticket, to bring the s next number in`position to giveits impression to the next ticket that ispresented, and thus `the tickets are numbered `consecutively. After being numbered, they are fed regularly into a receiving tube, in which their `proper numerical order is preserved.

This` invention consists, firstly, `in certain mechanism for `raising and lowering the "uniform manner.

i type box, by which the names of places or other impressions several tickets.

It consists, secondly, in certain mechanism, by which the inking roller for inkare repeated upon the `ing the type in the type box, and its distributing roller, are operated.

It consists, thirdly, in a certain arrange- `ment andinanner `of operating a stamper "by which `the tickets and an inking ribbon are pressed against the numbering rollers.

It consists, fourthly, in certain means by which the tickets are lowered into the re-k Iceiving tube,after theyiare severally deposited therein, in a perfectly regular and It consists, lastly,` Ain the general arrangement and combination of the several parts of the machine, whereby the tickets are caused to be submitted to theirseveral operations in proper succession. s

On sheet l, of the accompanying drawings- Figure l, represents a side elevation of the improved machine. Fig. 2, is an ele.` vation o-f .the same, taken from the feeding end of the machine. Fig. 3, is a plan of 1part ofthe machine. Fig. et, is a plan `of the type box. Fig. 5, is a plan view of the `same.` Fig. 6, is asection of the same. On sheet 2, of the drawing, Fig. 7, is a; side viewof the mechanism for `operating `the numbering wheel which impresses the hundreds and thousands. `F ig. 8, is a side `view ofthe mechanism for operating the numbering wheel, `which impresses the .units and tens. F ig." 9, is a plan of the numbering wheels.

`Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

a, in Figs. l, 2,`and 3, is thefeeding tube into which the blank tickets are put; b, is the feeding slide the front edge of which is shaped like a knife and the lever for giving motion to the slide, `2),--the lever, Z9', `is moved to and fro by the eccentric, c, on the main shaft, c, the link, `02, and lever, c3,

the end of which has a stud fitting a sliding bush in the arm, b2, of thelever, ZJ. `The stroke of the lever, Z2', brings the knife edge of the feeding slide, b, againstthe lowest ticket in the tube, a, and causes it to advance on to the table, (Z, into the properposition for being printed by `the type in the type box, e. l, This type box fits into ga swing frame, f, to which a downward motion is imparted by the cam, g, on the main shaft, c. The upper part of the swing frame is guided by the table Z and the lower part is guided by the shank, f', passing through a bush, f2, fixed in the stand,m. The lower extremity of the shank, f', is acted upon by a spring f3, the lower part of which bears upon an adjustable washer near the botto-m of the bush, f2. The object of this spring is to elevate the spring frame, f, after it has been depressed by the cam, g. The ink is distributed over the type in the box, e, by the inking roller, L, this roller is caused to pass under the type box, e, every time it has been raised olf the ticket that has been printed by the eccentric, h, on the main shaft, c. The inking roller, L, is support` ed in bearings attached to the slide, 7b2, which is moved in and out 'by the clip around the eccentric, h, the links, h3, and the elbow lever h4, the upper end of which fits in the slide, h2.

The inking roller, L, receives the ink from the distributing roller, y', supported in bearings attached to the frame side; at one end of the roller, y', is a ratchet wheel, y, which is moved partly round at every to and fro motion of the slide, h2, by the click, j2, hinged to one end of a lever, j, the other end of which has a stud j4, which is raised when the slide is out by an incline jf. The spring, js, serves to elevate the click, y'2, when it has been depressed by the incline, y'5. The ink for supplying the roller` y', is c/ontained in the chamber formed by the plate, j, and the two side plates, f7, and the lower end of the plate, je, serves as a doctor to regulate the quantity of ink carried forward by the roller, y'. As soon as a ticket has been brought under the type box, e, to be printed, the slide, b, returns into the positiony shown in Fig. l, and in advancing again toward the machine, brings forward another blank ticket which pushes against the one previously printed and causes it to advance toward the numbering wheels, a, and 0.

The tickets are held down at their edges and prevented from moving too freely by the guide rails, g, see Fig. 3, which extend from the feeding tube, a, to the receiving tube, 7c, and they are connected together below the table by stays, g2. The springs, g3, act on the stays g2, and give the requisite pressure to the tickets.

The consecutive numbers are printed on `the tickets by the numbering wheels, n, and

o, shown by dotted line in Fig. 2 and in red in Fig. 3. The mode of constructing and giving motion to-these numbering wheels, is as follows: The machine is constructed to number consecutively from zero up to 9999 and for this purpose it is requisite that the wheel n, which impresses the units and tens should be provided with iigures beginning at-OO, and going up progressively to 99; and the wheel 0, which impresses the hundreds and thousands is provided with a blank and with figures beginning at l and continuing progressively to 99; these figures are engraved on the circumferences of the wheels n, and 0. The wheel, at, see Fig. l, moves through the hundredth part of a revolution every time that the driving shaft, c', goes round once and this motion is given by the eccentric, c, which has already been described as imparting the traverse motion to the slide, Z), for bringing the tickets from the tube a, on to the tube, d, for being printed. The lever, c3, gives an upward and downward motion to the vertical bar Z, to which is hinged the click, n', taking into the units ratchet wheel, n2. The click, n', is held against the teeth of the wheel, n2, by a spring attached to the vertical bar, Z, and when the click is required to be held out of the teeth of the ratchet wheel the eccentric, n3, is turned half round by the handle, n4, so as to act on the short end of the click, n', thereby moving the click beyond the reach of the teeth in the ratchet wheel. The pawl, a5, retains the ratchet wheel, a2, after it has been advanced a tooth by the click, n, as above described, the pawl, a5, is acted upon by a spring, n, which presses it into the teeth of the ratchet wheel. As it is sometimes necessary to hold the pawl, 71,5, out of action, a small eccentric, a7, is placed in such a position that on turning its handle half round, the eccentric lifts the pawl, 11,5,out

moves the handle to bring the pawl into action. A similar arrangement is made on. the other side of the machine for disengaging the pawl, 02, from the ratchet wh-eel, 0, which is fast to the numbering wheel, 0,' these eccentrics are required when the machine has printed any number of tickets less than the whole number and is then wanted for printing other tickets.

When the machine commences its work the two zeros of the wheel, a, and the blank spaces of the wheel, 0, should be brought in a line with the center of the machine and directly over the end of the impresser bar, r2, the object of which will be explained here-, after. As soon as the wheel, n, has printed progressively up to number 99, the wheel, 0, has to be advanced one hundredth part of a revolution in the direction of the arrow marked on it in Fig. 1, so as to bring the first unit of the wheel, o, opposite the two zeros of the wheel, n, in order to print the number one hundred. This is e'ected by the click, n, keyed on a fulcrum shaft, 01,7, which click is moved by a catch, as, screwed to the back of the wheel, n; `upon vthe shaft, a7, is a lever, a9, to the end of which is jointed the `25 right bar 55 spring, r.

o", therebycausing the shaft n?, to move through' a small part of acircle, at every entire revolution of the units and tens wheel, n, the shaft, nl, is mo-ved backv again by a spring fixed to the lever, 0"', acting on the lever, as;

The ink for giving the impression of the consecutive number on the ticket is contained in the ribbon, p, shown in iig. l; this ribbon after it has been well saturated with printers ink is wound on a square bush `fitting on the shaft, p, the end of the ribbon is then carried over the guides, p2, under the numbering wheels, n, and, 0, and under the guide,

` p3, from whence it is carried round another square bush on t-he shaft p4. The upright bar, Z, before referred to serves also to give a rotary motion to the square bushes on which the inking ribbon is wound, the object of this motion is to bring a fresh portion of the ribbon between the ticket and the numj bering wheels after every ticket has been bush of the shaft, p4, and unwinds a portion oil the bush on the shaft, p. As soon as all the ribbon is unwound off the bush on the shaft, p, the clickv5 is moved out of gear with its ratchet wheel and the click, 1;, is

brought into gear; this is effected by the eccentric, p7, acting on the lower ends of the clicks and by the spring, p8, fitting between them; by this means the upward and downward motion of the bar, l, serves to unwind the ribbon 0E the full bush and to wind it on the empty one. In order to bring the ticket forcibly against the inking ribbon for the purpose of transferring the number on the numbering wheels on to the ticket, the

double lever, v', in Fig. l, is made to give a slight upward motion to the upright stamper, r2, at the same time that the type box,.e, is printing the names and other particulars on the ticket; the longer end of the double lever, r, is forked and it is depressed by antifriction rollers fitted to the cam, g, by this means the shorter end of the double lever is elevated, and with it the stamper, r2,

which is brought down `again by a spiral The exact elevation `of the stamper, 1'2,"can be adjusted bythe set screw and lock nut shown by dots in Fig. 1.

As soon as the v progressive number has been printed on the ticket the stamper, r2, is

drawn down by the spring, 7", and the ticket is pushed into the receiving tube, 7c, which is furnished with a` slidingblock, c, forthe tickets to drop upon. The position of the` sliding block 7c, must be lowered according to the quantity of tickets in the tube so that the upper ticket may be kept at or near the same level, the object of this is to preventv thetickets falling irregularly into the tube; the lowering of the block, le', is eifected in a regular and uniform manner by the following mechanism, to t-he double lever, c3, is jointed the long click, 702, taking into the 1teeth of the ratchet wheel, 7c3, fixed on the same shaft asthe pinion, 7a4, which gears into the rack, lef, the upper end of which is bent at right angles and bears upon the top of the Iblock, la. The descent of the block, by lits own gravity, is prevented by the springr la, which presses against a movable plate 71:7, i forming thc back of the block. The number of teeth in the ratchet wheel, 7e3', must be such that every vibration of the lever, c3, shall move the ratchet wheel one tooth and lower the block, le', for the thickness of a ticket, but as the tickets vary in thickness, it may sometimes be requisite to change the ratchet wheel 733, for one having more or less teeth. The tube, 7c, is supported by hooks as seen in the drawing and the whole machine is fixed to the stand, m, the height of which is `made to suitthe person who attends to the machine.

When the requisite number of tickets has been printed the attendant-stops the machine, disconnects the tube, Ze, and empties the tickets collected in it on to a table or stand, and replaces the tube'in the machine, taking care that the block, c, is near the upper end of the tube. The printed tickets are tied up in bundles or otherwise disposed of until they are put into the ticket case when they are required for use. The various part-s of the machine are put into operation by steam or other power or by the handle, s, projecting from the fly wheel, s, to which is xed a spur wheel s2, gearing into a pinion, @8, on the main shaft c. In Figs. l and 2, the type box, e, is shown down and the impresser r2, is up, or in the positions they assume when the tickets are being printed and numbered; as soon as the type box is raised, the inking roller, L, is passed under it to give fresh ink to the type and the slide, b, is advanced to bring a fresh ticket underthe type box.

Having thus described the nature of the invention of the aforesaid THOMAS EDqroND- soN, and the construction and operation of the same, we will proceed to state what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. 7e claim, causing the type box, e, to be raised and lowered to receive the ink and print the tickets by placing it in a swing frame, f, receiving motion by any means substantially as described. 2.` Ve claim, operating the inking roller, L, by attaching it to a slide, h2, which receives motion transversely to the movement of the tickets, by means of a lever, h4, operstantially as described, for the purpose of pressing the ticket and the inking ribbon up to the numbering Wheels, n, and 0. y

5. Ve claim, the sliding block, c, and the machinery by Which it is gradually lowered in the tube, la, for the purpose of keeping the tickets even, and in proper numerical order.

6. And We claim, the general arrangement and combination of the several parts of the machine, substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH EDMoNDsoN, cALEB HAWORTH,

Emea/atom of the estate 0f Thomas Edmondson, deceased.

Witnesses:

H. B. BARLoW, JOHN PERKINS. 

